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Belarus
Belarus ranks 46th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Georgia, Iraq, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Memorable people born in present day Belarus include Shimon Peres, Marc Chagall, and Lev Vygotsky. Memorable people who died in Belarus include Stephen Báthory, Casimir IV Jagiellon, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. Belarus has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) with a population of 9.1 million, The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into six regions. Minsk is the capital and largest city; it is administered separately as a city with special status. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2004, present day Belarus was the birth place of 450 globally memorable people, including Shimon Peres, Marc Chagall, and Lev Vygotsky. Additionaly, 64 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Belarus including Stephen Báthory, Casimir IV Jagiellon, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia.
People Born in Present Day Belarus
Go to all RankingsShimon Peres
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2016
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 1
Marc Chagall
PAINTER
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 2
Lev Vygotsky
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1934
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 3
Menachem Begin
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1992
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 4
Chaim Weizmann
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1952
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 5
Felix Dzerzhinsky
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1926
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 6
Tadeusz Kościuszko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1746 - 1817
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 7
Alexander Lukashenko
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 8
Stanisław August Poniatowski
POLITICIAN
1732 - 1798
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 9
Andrei Gromyko
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1989
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 10
Simon Kuznets
ECONOMIST
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 11
Chaim Soutine
PAINTER
1893 - 1943
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Belarus
Go to all RankingsIgnacy Hryniewiecki
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1856 - 1881
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 70
Bella Rosenfeld
WRITER
1889 - 1944
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 80
Pola Raksa
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 94
Nahum Goldmann
WRITER
1895 - 1982
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 97
Radasłaŭ Astroŭski
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1976
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 98
Chaim Kanievsky
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1928 - 2022
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 108
Michael Rohoza
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1540 - 1599
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 111
Romuald Traugutt
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1864
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 113
Jan Piotr Sapieha
POLITICIAN
1569 - 1611
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 129
Galina Lukashenko
COMPANION
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 147
Masha Bruskina
POLITICIAN
1924 - 1941
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 153
Jakub Szynkiewicz
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1884 - 1966
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 160
People Deceased in Present Day Belarus
Go to all RankingsStephen Báthory
POLITICIAN
1533 - 1586
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 1
Casimir IV Jagiellon
POLITICIAN
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 2
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1831
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 3
Kęstutis
POLITICIAN
1297 - 1382
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 4
Josaphat Kuntsevych
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1580 - 1623
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 5
Saint Casimir
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1458 - 1484
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 6
Stanislav Shushkevich
POLITICIAN
1934 - 2022
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 7
Yakub Kolas
WRITER
1882 - 1956
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 8
Rogneda of Polotsk
COMPANION
966 - 1002
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 9
Konstanty Ostrogski
POLITICIAN
1460 - 1530
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 10
David Bronstein
CHESS PLAYER
1924 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 11
Helena of Moscow
POLITICIAN
1476 - 1513
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Belarus
Go to all RankingsUliana of Tver
POLITICIAN
1325 - 1391
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 14
Gertrude of Poland
NOBLEMAN
1025 - 1108
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 28
Michael Rohoza
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1540 - 1599
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 35
Nikolai Gastello
PILOT
1907 - 1941
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 46
Masha Bruskina
POLITICIAN
1924 - 1941
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 49
Mikhail Krivonosov
ATHLETE
1929 - 1994
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 53
Franz Berghammer
HANDBALL PLAYER
1913 - 1944
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 59
Dmitry Debelka
POLITICIAN
1976 - 2022
HPI: 31.59
Rank: 64
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Belarus were athletes (115), politicians (63), soccer players (31), writers (27), and singers (18), while most who died were politicians (22), writers (8), athletes (8), religious figures (7), and chess players (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Belarus, including Romuald Klim, Tamara Tyshkevich, and Vasily Rudenkov. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Belarus, including Romuald Klim, Tamara Tyshkevich, and Vasily Rudenkov.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Belarus since 1700.